Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 19th ICLS (%) by country

Countries reporting
70
Highest
28.0%
Botswana
Lowest
0.1%
Qatar
Median
5.0%
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
719

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 19th ICLS (%) is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 28.0% in Botswana; the lowest is 0.1% in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 6.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 280.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 93.9%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 70.8%).

Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 19th ICLS: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 28.0% 2024 up 24.9% rising
2 Zimbabwe 24.5% 2024 up 45.1% rising
3 Jordan 16.6% 2023 down 8.4% flat
4 Angola 14.3% 2023 falling
5 Georgia 13.6% 2024 falling
6 Rwanda 13.3% 2024 down 23.5% flat
7 Zambia 12.9% 2024 up 5.9% rising
8 Armenia 12.4% 2023 down 34.6% falling
9 Spain 10.5% 2025 down 52.4% falling
10 New Caledonia 10.2% 2023 down 30.4% falling
11 Greece 10.0% 2024 down 62.5% falling
12 Chile 8.9% 2025 up 35.2% rising
13 Bahamas 8.6% 2023 down 37.4% falling
14 Panama 8.6% 2024 up 93.9% volatile
15 Finland 8.3% 2024 down 3.7% falling
16 Sweden 8.3% 2024 up 4.5% rising
17 Uruguay 8.2% 2024 down 7.1% falling
18 Estonia 7.5% 2024 up 2.0% flat
19 France 7.4% 2024 down 27.6% falling
20 Lithuania 7.1% 2024 down 33.6% falling
21 Costa Rica 6.9% 2024 down 18.4% rising
22 Latvia 6.9% 2024 down 36.6% falling
23 Canada 6.8% 2025 down 1.9% falling
24 Brazil 6.8% 2024 up 0.6% falling
25 Barbados 6.5% 2023 down 46.8% falling
26 Italy 6.5% 2024 down 48.7% falling
27 Portugal 6.4% 2024 down 53.7% falling
28 Luxembourg 6.4% 2024 up 6.3% falling
29 Denmark 6.2% 2024 down 11.3% falling
30 Mongolia 5.9% 2024 down 39.9% falling
31 Belgium 5.7% 2024 down 33.0% falling
32 Romania 5.4% 2024 down 20.1% falling
33 Slovakia 5.3% 2024 down 53.7% falling
34 Austria 5.3% 2024 down 6.0% falling
35 Croatia 5.0% 2024 down 70.8% falling
36 Cyprus 4.9% 2024 down 70.1% falling
37 New Zealand 4.8% 2024 down 12.3% falling
38 Ireland 4.5% 2024 down 62.2% falling
39 Hungary 4.5% 2024 down 42.2% falling
39 Ghana 4.5% 2024 up 13.2% rising
41 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.4% 2024 down 31.9% falling
41 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.4% 2024 down 31.9% falling
43 Switzerland 4.3% 2024 down 10.1% falling
44 United States of America 4.3% 2025 down 18.9% falling
45 Bulgaria 4.2% 2024 down 63.6% falling
46 Trinidad and Tobago 4.0% 2024 up 61.7% rising
47 Norway 4.0% 2024 up 14.0% falling
48 Republic of Moldova 4.0% 2024 down 5.5% falling
48 Republic of Moldova 4.0% 2024 down 5.5% falling
50 Australia 3.9% 2024 down 35.2% falling
51 Slovenia 3.7% 2024 down 61.7% falling
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.6% 2024 down 50.9% falling
53 Iceland 3.6% 2024 down 27.3% rising
54 Saudi Arabia 3.5% 2024 down 40.1% falling
55 Germany 3.4% 2024 down 32.5% falling
56 Singapore 3.3% 2024 down 11.5% falling
57 Malta 3.2% 2024 down 44.3% falling
58 El Salvador 3.1% 2024 falling
59 Israel 2.9% 2024 down 49.9% falling
60 Poland 2.9% 2024 down 68.2% falling
61 Republic of Korea 2.8% 2025 down 21.4% falling
61 Republic of Korea 2.8% 2025 down 21.4% falling
63 Czechia 2.6% 2024 down 57.4% falling
64 Japan 2.5% 2025 down 26.3% falling
65 Russian Federation 2.4% 2024 down 53.4% falling
65 Russian Federation 2.4% 2024 down 53.4% falling
67 Viet Nam 2.0% 2024 falling
67 Viet Nam 2.0% 2024 falling
69 United Arab Emirates 1.9% 2024 up 14.6% rising
70 Qatar 0.1% 2022 down 47.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 19th ICLS (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
73 places, 719 data points, 2014–2025
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